Jane and John A case study
School History Jane John served in reading, math and written language identified in 2nd grade never retained Average of 10-12 absences/year Full Scale IQ-88 John not identified tested in 1st and 3rd grade retained in 1st grade (came up to grade level in math, but then fell back again in 2nd) Average of 3 absences/year Full Scale IQ-81
Personal History Jane lives with aunt who has full custody no medical issues except asthma Attention wanders Very social All friends are EC John lives with father and stepmother Early heart murmurs and ear infections served in Speech from 1st-3rd grade Wants to please Easily upsets and cries
WISC results *John’s
W-J III
WJIII Subtests Jane John Letter-Word 73 78 Writing Fluency 82 88 Passage Comprehension 76 75 Writing Samples 72 84 Word Attack 93 80 Reading Vocabulary 86
Subtests Jane John (1st) Similarities 10 5 (2) Vocabulary 8 5 (8) Comprehension 9 10 (7) Block Design 7 8 (8) Picture Concepts Matrix Reasoning 12 Digit Span 5 Letter-Number Sequencing Coding 10 (19) Symbol Search 7 (9)
Work Samples Jane’s … Writing Spelling Math John’s… Writing Spelling